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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek κυφωνισμός (kuphōnismós), from κύφων (kúphōn, “wooden collar, bent yoke”) + -ισμός (-ismós, abstract noun suffix). See English cyphonism for more.
Noun
cyphōnismus m sg (genitive cyphōnismī); second declension
- (New Latin) cyphonism (method of punishment)
1606, Clarii Bonarscii Amphitheatrum Honoris , page 323:Scaphismum et cyphonismum, / Flammas atque rotas inducunt in pia Christi / Membra […]- To scaphism and cyphonism, / Fire and wheels they subject Christ’s pious / Members
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.